One Night In Jail Puts $20,000 In My Pocket and Two Sergeants Get Demoted (Memento)

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"Well, it was suspicious activity," said Michael Gray, a spokesman for the city. "You know, there's some heightened awareness on the law enforcement side of maybe targeting of police officers, so therefore he was stopped under suspicious circumstances."

His arrest wasn't a direct result of his photography, Gray said.

"He was arrested for failure to identify," he said. "He was arrested because he would not produce identification. And the legality of that is going to be determined through a Galveston Police Department internal investigation."

Turner said he didn't identify himself because Texas law doesn't require a citizen to offer his name unless he's under arrest, a point confirmed by KHOU's legal analyst.

"Texas has a statute that says very clearly you don't have to identify yourself to a police officer until and unless you're arrested," said Gerald Treece, the dean of the South Texas College of Law. "I think this photographer guy knew what he was doing."

Galveston County settles dispute with man who videotaped law enforcement
By CHACOUR KOOP The Daily News | Posted: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 11:30 pm

Turner is a correspondent for an Internet publication called Photography Is Not a Crime, which is dedicated to monitoring acts of police censorship. He also manages a YouTube page, The Battousai, where he has posted videos of him and police officers.

Turner’s attorney, Kervyn Altaffer, accused Galveston County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Gilbert Villareal, who worked in the jail, of taking his client’s car keys and using them to find Turner’s car while Turner was in custody. Altaffer accused Chapman of then searching Turner’s car.

In February, Chapman was indicted by a grand jury and charged with criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor offense. The Texas Penal Code defines criminal trespass as a crime that occurs when a person enters onto the property of another, while knowing that such entry was forbidden. The charge carries a possible jail term of up to 180 days, as well as a fine of up to $2,000.

After a grand jury decided not to charge Villareal, the sheriff’s office completed an internal investigation of the incident, Sheriff Henry Trochesset said. Villareal was demoted from sergeant to deputy, Trochesset said.

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